D. Welbeck

Welbeck's 2025/26 season, read from the numbers

In 2025/26, D. Welbeck was a regular for Brighton in the Premier League: 37 appearances and 2268 minutes, averaging 61 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 0.5 goals per 90, 1.8 shots per 90 and 61% of his shots on target — the rate profile behind Welbeck's totals.

Welbeck played 487 passes at 79% accuracy — 19.3 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Carrying the ball, Welbeck attempted 27 dribbles and completed 41% — 1.1 attempts per 90.

Set against Welbeck's own record, 2025/26 reads differently: his 13 goals beats anything in the 9 earlier seasons we hold for him (best before: 10); it is also the heaviest workload we have recorded for him, 2268 minutes against a previous high of 2122; his average match rating has slipped from 6.99 to 6.68 since 2024/25. Discipline is part of the picture for Welbeck: 5 bookings in 37 appearances, one every 7.4 games.

Our records cover 12 seasons of Welbeck's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Arsenal, England, Watford, Brighton and others. In that time he has played 326 matches across 8 competitions, 18,497 minutes in all. No season on his record beats this one for goals: 14, against a previous best of 11 in 2024/25.

Welbeck has 20 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the level holds either way, 0.37 per 90 domestically against 0.39 in Europe.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.